Alan-Brown-Obituary

Alan Charlton Brown

Santa Cruz County, California

Dec 5, 1929 – May 25, 2022

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December 5, 1929
DIED
May 25, 2022
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Santa Cruz County, California

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Alan Charlton BrownDecember 5, 1929 - May 25, 2022Santa Cruz CountyAlan Charlton Brown, a resident of Aptos Ridge Circle in Santa Cruz County for the past thirty years, passed away peacefully at home on May 25, surrounded by his loving family. He was 92 years old. Alan was born in Whitley Bay,...

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My father was an old friend of Alan's for 50 years or more - unfortunately he passed a few days ago - does anyone have any contact details for the family?

I met Alan about 5 or 6 years ago at the National Defense University in Washington DC. I was part of the development of a new program and Alan came to speak with our students. I was so honored to have met him and it was a major highlight of my 10-year career at NDU with the DoD. He was such a wonderful man and I would think about him from time to time. I was recently in a conversation about Skunk Works with some colleagues and Alan immediately came to my mind - obviously. I looked him up...

Our Uncle Alan, What an amazing, brilliant, inspirational and magical man he was, whom we all loved so very dearly. He touched our hearts in so many ways, what an absolute legend in his right. MISS YOU! XXXXXXXXXXXX

Sorry to hear of Alan's passing. had the privilege of knowing Alan for many years as he was a member of the Salinas Area Modelers for many years. He was always willing to share his knowledge and experiences, of which there was much and many respectfully, with us. His British sense of humor was delightful! I have run into quite a few former Lockheed Skunk Works employees over the years who all knew Alan. They all had nothing but praise for him as a person and an engineer. His...

So sorry to hear of Alan´s passing. I treasure many fond memories of times with Alan, especially those at the model airplane flying field.

My sincere condolences..... I worked F-117A from USAF side as lead avionics engineer and it was Alan Brown's innovative talents and direction along with Torrey Larson that put together an outstanding solution for F-117A IRADS window issue critical to the overall success of this targeting system. Brilliant engineer.

So sorry to hear of Alan´s passing. Such a lovely man. My mom was so fond of both Gwen and Alan